George A. Waggaman

George Augustus Waggaman (1782-31 March 1843) was a US Senator from Louisiana (NR) from 15 January 1831 to 4 March 1835, succeeding Edward Livingston and preceding Robert C. Nicholas.

Biography
George Augustus Waggaman was born in Caroline County, Maryland in 1782, and he was admitted to the bar in 1811. He served in the US Army during the War of 1812, fighting under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. After the war, he settled in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and he held various judicial appointments before serving as Secretary of State of Louisiana from 1828 to 1831. That year, he was appointed to fill the vacant US Senate seat held by Edward Livingston, and he served until 1835. He was killed in a duel with former New Orleans mayor Denis Prieur in 1843.